NPP Installer command-line options?
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I need both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of NPP installed because occasionally I work on multi-gigabyte files that I need to have fully in memory (64 GB RAM), but unfortunately there are a number of plugins that are not available in the 64-bit version of NPP.
So, on all the times when I’m re-installing the versions of NPP every time it’s improved, I find it rather annoying that the installer offers to get rid of the other version (32 bit when I’m installing 64 bit, and vice versa). Does the installer offer a way to avoid this dialog via some kind of command-line parameter? I know I’m NEVER going to say yes, so I’d rather avoid a useless dialog. I saw in another question where someone saw and determined that the installer has /S, /D, and /NCRC options. Is there one to get rid of the uninstall other version?
FDWojo
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@FDWojo ,
No, there isn’t.
In general, it is expected that you will only have one installed copy of Notepad++. Any other copy is expected to be a portable copy, so that they will not interfere with each other.
The point of installation is to tell the OS that “this is the one true location for the application”, and to use that one-true-copy when you do an “open with Notepad++” or equivalent. If you have two true locations, then you are confusing the OS.
Even with portable (unzipped) versions of Notepad++, if you want them to share the same
%AppData%\Notepad++configuration folder with the installed copy (so that your settings are the same in the 32bit and 64bit, in your case), then just deletedoLocalConf.xmlfrom the portable folder.
